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November 2023 by Michael Hardiman
We have been members since just after it opened about four years ago. It has been so fantastic for our health both mental and physical! It's expensive sure, but worth it because we use a variety of the gym equipment, some of the free classes and the pool. Some of the other members think it is a hotel and leave towels everywhere - they need to be told Yo - clean up after yourself! I've also had free access to a club in Tampa, Chicago, and three other NoVa LifeTimes.
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November 2023 by Khwaja Matiullah
My recent visit to Gainesville LifeTime Fitness left me dissatisfied, prompting a low rating. The bathrooms and steam facilities were not up to par, lacking cleanliness and proper maintenance. These issues marred an otherwise potentially enjoyable experience, and I hope the management takes steps to address and improve these areas.
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September 2023 by Lollia Turdeva
Do not put your kid to their day care. They lost my child within an hour !!! Found my toddler in a bathroom locked inside ALONE and crying. If you want to bring your child with you just keep in mind they might loose them…For management: 08/31/2023, around 12 pm. Please take measures and improve your childcare, it was completely irresponsible and unacceptable.
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June 2023 by james nam
I been a member for over 20 years now and I love coming to this gym however I was very disappointed when I visited the Gainesville location. I remember this facility being very clean and neat when they first opened but now there’s towels all over the bathroom floors, no staff to clean the bathrooms, toilet papers were out. I thought this gym was suppose to be “luxury gym”. I hope the services can improve cause the monthly fees haven’t been dropping.
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June 2023 by Muhammad A.
I used to love this gym. The staff is nice, and I have been a member since 2014, before this location even opened. Since COVID, they have changed their operating hours from 24/7 to 0500-1200. Instead of adding additional benefits, they are taking away key factors. People are paying 170+ for their membership, but I can no longer use the two full courts, as they have changed to only one court. It's always packed with high school kids between 1700-2200, and I can't even go there at that time. I tried going in the morning, but the steam room smells terrible. When I asked about cleaning it, they said the night crew forgot to clean it. That's not my problem; they need to get their house in order. After nine years, I will be canceling my membership. Once this club was bought out, they ruined everything, especially their reputation!
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June 2023 by Dilan Bellinghoven
Nice facilities but between 5PM and 7PM all of the weight lifting equipment is taken and you'll have to wait in line to use. them. Especially the squat racks. Good luck getting one before 7PM. If you only use Lifetime for lifting like I did then I do not recommend joining this gym since you'll be paying an exorbitant amount for a bunch of amenities you don't use, and you can hardly use the stuff you want to use (the lifting equipment).
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June 2023 by robin hartle
I’ve been a member for four years and generally have no complaints except the monthly fee. Over the course of my membership, classes that were part of the membership all of a sudden were not, forcing you to up your monthly fee to stay in the same classes. I’m a senior citizen and would really love to see some sort of senior discount.
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June 2023 by Hong Kang
Great facilities, but a few details keep it from being 5 star. The blow dryers are cheap and take too long to dry hair. A couple times towels were empty by the pool. Wet wipes for equipment on 2nd floor would occasionally be empty. Just minor things that could be fixed with better attention to detail. They need more dumbbells at the lower weights (50lbs and lower). Please setup more lower weight dumbbells because they all get taken up.
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June 2023 by Pat F
I became a member in February of this year to have access to the Pickleball courts. My membership included this and I was as able to use the courts.Suddenly without any notice I heard through the grapevine that I now had to upgrade my membership with an additional cost to use the courts.I received no notification of this change from Lifetime. There was no time given to upgrade and I still can’t find anything on line to indicate the additional cost.This whole situation was poorly handled by the facility. If they are going to implement price hikes in the future without any notice, I am not certain that I want to continue my membership.
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April 2023 by M S
Their Steam Sauna is the best and in-door kids pool and out door pool is worth paying membership for. You can also drop you kids for activities while you work out at 2’d floor fitness center. High membership fee but it pays out. I recommend family membership if you have kids.
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April 2023 by Chris Cho
I love the facility, always clean and well organized. The people there are friendly! Of course a great place to work out!
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April 2023 by Ray Burris
My family loves this gym. Very clean.the staff is great. Everyone in the kids academy has been awesome. Our kids love it. They have a variety of classes so they don't get bored. The office area is spacious, clean and accommodating. I can work before or after aworkout while ny daughter is in kids academy. The swim instruction is really good. It's the first time I can see my daughter progressing in swim class. Overall it has been awesome for the entire family
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April 2023 by Sara C.
I went to the Life Spa , they f***** up my hair. thanks Life time . Do not trust them for color, cut it alright they aren't really professionals.!
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March 2023 by Conner P.
My name is Conner Prosser. I am a former waterpark manager with experience in personal training sales as well. I have been a trainer at LifeTime in Gainesville Virginia for the past two months. I just quit on Monday. My experience over these last two months has been one of the worst work experiences I have been a part of. My first two weeks on the "team", I was only even greeted by a handful of them. I tried the best I could to connect with each one of them, but most of the time, I never got anything back. I have never been in a work environment where you could be sitting right next to someone when nothing is going on and they have zero interest in acknowledging your existence. Another trainer who was hired shortly after me whose name I will leave anonymous, expressed similar concerns. The trainers are cold, unfriendly, awkward, and have zero interest in growing as trainers, only as businessmen. They refuse to discuss better training tactics, and get uncomfortable at the slightest mention of the actual science that changes lives in a field where new science is coming out every day. I made the mistake of discussing science in my 2nd week, apologized for it, and never did it again. The boss believes that a good trainer is directly correlated to how much you sell. I understand that it is a business. However, growing your business and genuinely wanting to help as many people as possible is not a dichotomy. When I am told not to help someone because they can only pay 100 an hour as opposed to 120 an hour for the sole purpose of displaying worth (exactly what I was told) when the business will still make large net profits at 90 an hour, it is not a necessity. It's greed and It's immoral. I also got lectured for spending too much focus on trying to become a better trainer by spending too much time researching for my clients (it was about an hour a day) rather than spending that one hour learning more about selling (I spent most of my time doing that anyway). I had closed 3 contracts and would have sold about 3 more if I hadn't advised those people not to sign up in my last two weeks. This wasn't about me not doing my job. Based on what they were requiring of me, I was doing my job. This was about them wanting more. This was about the boss trying to make as much excess cash as possible at the expense of people who are lost and in desperate need of making a change. I was overweight in 2020. I was disgusted with myself, on the verge of giving up, and would have sold everything I had to a person I believed could change my life. Taking advantage of people like that is not what I signed up to do. I am very young in my training career, but I have a weight loss journey of my own. This job is personal for me. At Life Time in Gainesville Virginia, they merely see a business opportunity when they look at you. There is no motive to help you. They will help you, but it will be a byproduct of their business. All they talked about was sales numbers. Not once did I hear someone brag about the results their client was making. The sessions they offer may give you results as a byproduct... but they are designed to keep your business. Every workout is structured through a pure business lens. There is no interest in science. A session that will keep you coming back for more will be prioritized over a session that will get you optimal results. What I think the boss fails to understand is that successful business is most often a byproduct of helping others. I want to work in an environment where the motive is changing lives as good business ends up following, not where the motive is good business as changing lives end up following. Sadly, at Life Time, the mentality is the latter. In a conversation with the boss, where I tried to express some of my concerns, I was yelled at, cut off, and invalidated. I want to make it clear that there are outliers. Some of the trainers there are terrific. The ones that don't fit any of my previous criticisms include Nick, Jake, Elyse, Isabelle, and Devin. Nick M. in particular spent
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February 2023 by Savahna Arellano
The staff is very friendly and welcoming. The facilities/locker rooms/amenities are all in amazing condition. Worth the price.
